Coffee-pot



(No Model.) J. W. ABBOTT COFFEE POT.

No. 478,075. Patented July 5, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. ABBOTT, OF RUSHVILLE, NEW YORK.

COFFEE-POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,075, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed May 27, 1891. Serial No. 394,282. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN IV. ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rushville, in the county of Yates and State of New York,haveinvented a new and useful Coffee- Pot, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in coffee-pots.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcoffee-pots and enable them to retain and confine the aroma of cofieeand to insure a fine flavor.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cofiee-potconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view. -Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view.

Referring to the accoinpanying drawings, 1 designates a reservoir or panadapted to hold water and provided at its upper edge with acircumferential flange 2 to receive and hold the bottom of a coffee-pot3, which is placed over the pan or reservoir 1 and is adapted to receivesteam given off by the pan when the water within it boils. The pan orreservoir is provided at one side with a handle 4 and at a diametricallyopposite point with a lip 5 and perforations 6, which enable the pan orreservoir to be supplied with water when the coffee-pot is in position,and which enable the water to be poured off.

The bottom of the coffee-pot is provided with a circular opening 7 andan inwardlyextending threaded flange 8, arranged around the opening, andthe flange 8 is adapted to be engaged bya lower threaded end. 9 of atube 10, which is arranged within the coffeepot and extends to the topthereof and is provided with a series of perforations 11 to permit thepassage of steam to the interior of the coffee-pot. The tube is adaptedto be readily removed from the coffee-pot by unscrewing it from thecoffee-pot flange to enable it to be cleaned, and the upper end of thetube may be provided with a separate cap provided with perforations, orthe upper end may, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, beclosed and provided with perforations. The spout 12 isprovided with aremovable cap 13, which when coffee is being made is placed on the spoutto close the end to confine the aroma of the coffee.

It will be seen that the coffee-pot is simple and comparativelyinexpensive and is capable of being readily handled, and its parts maybe readily removed and separated for the purpose of cleaning, and thatthe aroma of coffee is confined.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and ad vantages of theinvention will readily beunderstood.

What I claim is- The combination of the reservoir or panprovided'at itsupper edge with a circumferential flange forming aseat, a lip arrangedat one side of the reservoir or pan and enabling the same to be filledat the side, a coffee-pot arranged on the seat and having in its bottoma circular opening and a threaded flange around the opening, theremovable tube having its lower end threaded and engaging the threadedflange, and its upper end closed and provided with perforations, and acap for the spout of the pot, substantially as described. In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. ABBOTT.

. Witnesses:

EMMETT A. FOSTER, M. W. FISHER.

